China has set an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for this year, a slight decrease in the face of a prolonged property slump and other headwinds and global uncertainty. The target was announced …

Iranian state television airs message from an ayatollah calling for the ‘shedding’ of blood from Israelis and Trump.

Iran's foreign minister says America 'will come to bitterly regret' the precedent it has set after sub sank frigate.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him …

Explosions are sounding in Iran's capital city and Jerusalem as its war with the U.S. and Israel enters a fifth day. Iranian state television reported explosions in Tehran at dawn Wednesday. And …

The war with Iran is disrupting oil and LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global energy trade, sending prices higher and threatening global growth. The risks are highest …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected his new destroyer for two straight days ahead of its commissioning and observed a test of cruise missiles fired from the warship, vowing to accelerate the …

Africa’s flagship clean energy fund says it plans to more than double its financing to $2.5 billion over the next two years, as momentum builds behind the continent’s energy transition. The …

China lowers its annual economic growth target to 4.5% to 5% in the face of headwinds at home and uncertainty abroad.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he regrets the Iran war is an extreme example of a rupturing world order in which countries increasingly act without respect for international norms and laws. …

More than 150 Cuban medical staff have departed Honduras after the Central American country's new government abruptly cancelled the agreement. The departure of the medical staff Wednesday comes as …

Brazil’s Senate unanimously ratified on Wednesday the free-trade deal between trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union, following same move by the country’s lower house and bringing the deal …

Ecuador has declared Cuba’s ambassador and his diplomatic staff persona non grata and given them 48 hours to leave the South American country. The Ecuadorian government’s decision follows an …

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is meeting Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez as the Trump administration pushes to shape the country's oil and mineral sector. On Wednesday, the U.S. …

Nahuel Gallo, an Argentine military police officer, is urging the international community to push Venezuela to free 24 foreigners still in detention. On Wednesday, he spoke in Buenos Aires days after …

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo. It's the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance genius who is one of the most …

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials …

Asian shares have swooned, with South Korea's benchmark plunging 10%, after a global sell-off for stocks hit Wall Street. Oil prices climbed still higher. Worries over the widening war have …

Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks. Israel told people near the border to move …

The US military says that the United States and Ecuador have launched a joint military operation against organized crime groups in the South American country. Neither government has given details of …